Undead Social Media Zombies Infected By Memetic Cognitohazards

I study the memetic layer of epidemiological models of pathogen spread, such as COVID. I’m a bioinformatician with a background in genetic ontologies. Diseases spread behaviorally, and cultural behaviors have a memetic signature—because behaviors drive spread. I apply an SIR model to memetics.

Many people on social media, especially on Bluesky, resemble 4chan users memetically. I used Gephi and Cytoscape to analyze their posts and compare their phylogenetics to a 4chan memetic database compiled by LLMs trained on toxic forums. Many users on Reddit, Bluesky, and Discord are riddled with memetic diseases phylogenetically descended from 4chan.

Pathological or toxic memes (ideas, behaviors, language patterns) that started or were popular on 4chan have evolved over time. These evolved versions now appear in other places—like Reddit, Bluesky, and Discord—but still carry a “genetic” signature that traces back to 4chan. So even if the memes look slightly different or are used in different contexts, you can still tell they’re “descendants” of earlier 4chan content, much like you can tell a dog evolved from wolves.

I treat social media users as zombies. Some biological infections hijack their hosts’ behavior and cause them to spread the infection—like one that makes cat urine smell appealing to rats so they’ll be eaten by cats, allowing the infection to reproduce in the cat’s gut.

Memetic patterns work the same way in people.

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Today's radical position is that the genocide in Gaza must end. Does that strike you as troubling? The position considered extreme by our establishment says genocide is bad and it must stop.

#radical #gaza #palestine #genocide

https://open.substack.com/pub/letsmakethempay/p/radicalism-and-genocide?r=2brusa&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Are most #American #news #media ‘#radical #leftists’?

https://gigafact.org/fact-briefs/american-news-media-radical-leftists-journalist-wisconsin/
https://www.allsides.com/news/2025-05-21-1002/facts-and-fact-checking-are-most-american-news-media-radical-leftists

Gentle (self)reminder that to change things, we have to leave our screen and organize irl!

Get out there, find accomplices, do some shit together, empoyer yourself to bring the system down!

Student Makes Tool That Identifies ‘Radicals’ on Reddit, Deploys #AI #Bots to Engage With Them

A student has made a tool, which they call #PrismX , which scans for users writing certain keywords on #Reddit and other social media networks, assigns those users a so-called “radical score,” and can then deploy an AI-powered #bot to automatically engage with the users in conversation in an attempt to de-radicalize them.
#ai #radical #socialmedia

https://www.404media.co/student-makes-tool-that-identifies-radicals-on-reddit-deploys-ai-bots-to-engage-with-them/

#communism #radical #socdem #liberals

Libs gonna lib

Tried to a pull a fast one didn't they #Marxist #meme #antifa #leftist #anticapitalist #socialist #socialism #communism #classwar #climatechange #Revolution #propaganda #anarchism #anarchy #radical #extremist #nazis #trump #landlord #democrats #liberals #republican #amazon #censorship

Do the math and do not let them scare you #Marxist #meme #antifa #leftist #anticapitalist #socialist #socialism #communism #classwar #climatechange #Revolution #propaganda #anarchism #anarchy #radical #extremist #nazis #trump #landlord #democrats #liberals #republican #kingdomhearts #videogames

The #radical and #extremist president #Trump announces #tariffs and revokes them within hours.

This seams irrationale, but is very #reasonable if you trade options on each #announcement.

World #economy gets hit hard, while the #inside-traders get #rich.

Trump now publicly #recommended #trades - against the market trend - before his "#irrationale" revokation of tariffs.

Inside trading is a #crime.

https://bsky.app/profile/houlahan.house.gov/post/3lmfsjihmj22p

#Boys #Vasectomy #Radical #WomensRights

I've been suggesting this for men who are sexually active, but I like the age 10 bit.

The #radical and #extremist president #Trump’s rollout of sweeping #tariffs on virtually all U.S. imports slammed into markets

The S&P 500 index #plunged nearly 5% - a roughly $2 #trillion wipeout -
for its biggest one-day drop since June 2020, amid the depths of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Trump #economy has only started!

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/markets/us-stocks-dow-nasdaq-sp-plummet-trump-tariffs-rcna199476

This article by my favorite activist explains one reason why I sometimes don't back efforts to "do good" that originate and stay within the confines of our current societal system (i.e. charities, political stuff)

Bc the real solution to our ills lies OUTSIDE of the current system.

But we can't get discouraged. We have to act in the here & now to create a solution of care that will help us survive and dismantle colonialism and capitalism. Community!

https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/find-purpose-in-community-outside

They aren't as hard to find as you would think comrades #Marxist #meme #antifa #leftist #anticapitalist #socialist #socialism #communism #classwar #climatechange #Revolution #propaganda #anarchism #anarchy #radical #extremist #nazis #supernatural

They aren't as hard to find as you would think comrades #Marxist #meme #antifa #leftist #anticapitalist #socialist #socialism #communism #classwar #climatechange #Revolution #propaganda #anarchism #anarchy #radical #extremist #nazis #alwayssunny

Since decades US #universities (like MIT, Harvard and Stanford) lead most international #rankings.

The #radical and #extremist president #Trump will change that.

Currently by #defunding Harvard.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/31/us/trump-administration-harvard-funding.html

It kinda hurts my belief in humans when I see radicals choosing to expend significant amounts of energy on tearing down the works of other radicals, on the basis of overall minor issues or outright smear.

People who only know how to dismantle but not how to build are a real obstacle for real change to occur.

This doesn't mean you can't criticise your fellow radicals, but don't go on a f-ing crusade against them, and don't make dismantling your sole activity.

The #radical and #extremist US vice president JD #Vance is an #embarrassment for all US citizens.

He has no idea what allies are.

I can see how ashamed Rufus #Gifford, former #ambassador to #Denmark for the United States is about this #agenda.

And he is right!

https://bsky.app/profile/thomashansen.bsky.social/post/3lljncadhqs2y

#praxis #resist #antifa #ancom #solidarity #solarpunk

There's a lot of excellent #advice going around about how to start getting involved in #DirectAction. I'm also thinking about how to keep the #momentum going once we've started, and #build upon what we're doing.

If you've read a #radical book, you can summarize it in a more #accessible format like a #zine, and share what you learned.

If you've planted a #VictoryGarden, you can share what you've grown with your #local #MutualAid network.